In that instant, every student present was stunned.
"No... no right to refuse?"
"What does that mean?"
It was not just the students from the other classes. Even the Class D students who were Fang Li's classmates looked utterly bewildered, having no idea what he was up to. Kushida Kikyo and Hirata Yosuke exchanged glances.
Only Horikita Suzune frowned tightly as she stared at Fang Li, seemingly trying to see what exactly he intended to do.
And what Horikita Suzune wanted to know was precisely what Ryuen Kaito wanted to know as well.
Ryuen Kaito therefore broke from his usual behavior and remained silent, merely watching Fang Li as though he wanted to see through his heart.
Because Ryuen Kaito knew that Fang Li could not possibly have spent tens of thousands of points gathering every first-year student here merely to put on a show.
What mattered was the task he had mentioned, the one he needed everyone present to help him accomplish.
That task would completely determine the outcome of this Special Exam.
Realizing this, Ryuen Kaito's grip on the phone displaying the list of names tightened slightly.
At that moment, Katsuragi Kohei stepped forward.
"What are you still trying to do at this point?"
Katsuragi Kohei questioned Fang Li.
"The exam is already over. So far, not a single group has answered the Favored One's identity. Isn't that enough to establish the result?"
The rules had clearly stated that once an answer was submitted regarding the Favored One's identity, whether that answer was right or wrong, the exam for the group containing the student who answered would end immediately.
At that point, all students in that group would be dismissed on the spot. They would no longer need to take the exam, nor would they need to fulfill